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rich,no one who takes one of those 4 day iantd/tdi/whatever agency
courses on "rebreather diving" will be trained right to deal with manually
controlling the functions of the rebreather that are normally controlled by
the computer.you of all people should realize that.on top of that,if the
computer cant be trusted then how can you expect to trust the electronic
output generated by the computer?at least with the mechanical rebreathers
(err, semi-closed) theres no fancy gadgetry or tomfoolery to mess with,and
as a result its safer. - jt
On Tue, 3 Sep 1996, Richard Pyle wrote:
>
> > anyone who ever ran windows 3.1 should be able to tell you that computers
> > crash fairly often.as a result i dont want to trust my life to a computer
> > system. - jt
>
> If a rebreather is designed right, and if the user is trained right, then
> computers on a fully-closed rebreather are a convenience, not a
> life-support system. If you don't believe me, as Farb.
>
> Rich
>
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2 Sep 1996 gmii@in*.co* wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > In reading this account of another electronic rebreather nightmare I
am
> > > amazed at the sheer stupidity and arrogance of the "tech" "engineers"
who come
> > > up with this crap. Clearly anything in the breathing loop of any
rebreather is
> > > by definition at the same number of atmospheres as the diver - obviously
whoever
> > > designed this is one dumb fuck.
> > >
> > > For you dumb fucks out there, that means that the chips are
compressed, the
> > > batteries are compressed, and the besides the obvious chance to short
circuit as
> > > they are squeezed, some components, like dry cell nicads, can not
tollerate
> > > compression. It is no wonder , however, that the same crowd that went for
square
> > > lights fell for this bogocity.
> > >
> > > Most computer chips are hermeticly sealed, which means that they may
retain
> > > compression in their voids and explode when the pressure is lowered. I do
not
> > > know much about rebreathers or computers, but I think NOVRAM chips have
their
> > > own batteries, so that means the chip and the battery are being
compromised.
> > >
> > > Trying to encase this crap in gell would not alleveiate any of these
> > > problems, and would add the problem of water wicking down the wires and
causing
> > > the endless electonic mystery.
> > >
> > > Just like most dive equipment, these devices are clearly created by
people who
> > > do not actually dive for people who need a magic carpet, and the only
commercial
> > > use for a piece of shit like what is described here is for instructors to
teach
> > > wannabees and strokes yet one more merrit badge specialty.
> > >
> > > But, what else is new? - G
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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>
> Richard Pyle
> deepreef@bi*.bi*.ha*.or*
> *******************************************************************
> "WHATEVER happens to you when you willingly go underwater is
> COMPLETELY and ENTIRELY your own responsibility! If you cannot
> accept this responsibility, stay out of the water!"
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>
>
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